Beetle Plate Gallery

My love affair with beetles began at age eight when my father plunked a large Egyptology book on my bed. It was filled with scarabs, mystery, and glorious gods. Years later, it inspired me to create portraits that capture the alien beauty of beetles

--deeply misunderstood creatures. I found that glaze on ceramic comes close to mimicking the luminosity and other-worldly sheen of beetle wing casings (eleytra).

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About Me

I write poetry, screenplays, and fiction.
My poetry collection, Catch and Release, was published in March 2015 by Finishing Line Press.
My Sci-Fi feature screenplay, The Outliers, won the Just Effing Entertain Me Screenwriting Competition in Sci-Fi. It also earned 2nd place in the ScriptVamp Screenwriting Competition and Top 3 honors in the Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition. Additional honors include: PAGE Awards Semi-finalist; StoryPros Semi-finalist; Top 20 Champion Screenwriting Awards; Top 30 Cynosure Screenwriting Awards.